2024-07-26
In this inspiring biopic, Jackie Robinson breaks Major League Baseball's color barrier when he is signed to the Brooklyn Dodgers by the team's forward-thinking general manager, Branch Rickey. The gifted athlete deals with tremendous pressure and threats from racist fans and players, but perseveres to become a legendary baseball player and a heroic figure in American history.
Pro tennis serves as the backdrop for a love match in this charming romantic comedy. Paul Bettany plays a fading tennis star trying for one last shot at Wimbledon glory; Kirsten Dunst is the promising young tennis player he courts. Richard Loncraine directed. Sam Neill, Bernard Hill, Jon Favreau.
President Nelson Mandela inspires the South African rugby team to strive for the World Cup in hopes of soothing the country's racial tensions in director Clint Eastwood's inspirational sports drama. As rugby captain Francois Pienaar leads his team on a winning streak, the people of South Africa are brought together by their collective desire for a major sports victory.
Since the birth of the motion picture, filmmakers have turned to books for inspiration. From novels to plays, the written word has been the source of countless films.
In 1989, journalist Victor Malarek embarks on an investigation following an unusual paper trail. Malarek travels to Thailand uncovering evidence regarding the arrest of a heroin addict. He believes the addict may be imprisoned on false charges and resolves to expose the truth.
An abused and bullied boy discovers and befriends a criminal chained inside an abandoned warehouse, but after a violent betrayal the abused becomes the abuser, putting both their lives in peril.
In this inspiring biopic, Jackie Robinson breaks Major League Baseball's color barrier when he is signed to the Brooklyn Dodgers by the team's forward-thinking general manager, Branch Rickey. The gifted athlete deals with tremendous pressure and threats from racist fans and players, but perseveres to become a legendary baseball player and a heroic figure in American history.
Pro tennis serves as the backdrop for a love match in this charming romantic comedy. Paul Bettany plays a fading tennis star trying for one last shot at Wimbledon glory; Kirsten Dunst is the promising young tennis player he courts. Richard Loncraine directed. Sam Neill, Bernard Hill, Jon Favreau.
President Nelson Mandela inspires the South African rugby team to strive for the World Cup in hopes of soothing the country's racial tensions in director Clint Eastwood's inspirational sports drama. As rugby captain Francois Pienaar leads his team on a winning streak, the people of South Africa are brought together by their collective desire for a major sports victory.
In this inspiring biopic, Jackie Robinson breaks Major League Baseball's color barrier when he is signed to the Brooklyn Dodgers by the team's forward-thinking general manager, Branch Rickey. The gifted athlete deals with tremendous pressure and threats from racist fans and players, but perseveres to become a legendary baseball player and a heroic figure in American history.
Gravity-defying action and dazzling visual effects power this second chapter of the sci-fi trilogy, in which Neo and his allies must save the human city of Zion from total destruction at the hands of the machines. During their quest, Neo grapples with a nightmare involving his lover Trinity, and faces off against a resurrected Agent Smith, who is now spreading through the Matrix like a virus.
In this awe-inspiring final installment of the science-fiction trilogy, Neo forges an alliance with the machines in order to defeat Agent Smith, while the citizens of Zion prepare for their last stand.